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Hill, Paul; Jochim, Ashley; Campbell, Christine – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2013
This brief outlines how new K-12 public education governance proposals--relinquishment, smart districts, and the urban school system of the future--are complements, not alternatives, to the portfolio strategy. The portfolio strategy defines the role of government, or how it can steer in public education; the other proposals show how, once…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Urban Schools
Emerson, Adam – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2013
When charter schools first emerged more than two decades ago, they presented an innovation in public school governance. No longer would school districts enjoy the "exclusive franchise" to own and operate public schools, as chartering pioneer and advocate Ted Kolderie explained. Charters wouldn't gain all of the independence of private…
Descriptors: Governance, Charter Schools, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Change
Goss, Adrienne C. – Online Submission, 2020
The Rhode Island Education Policy Primer provides an overview of how public education operates in Rhode Island. The Introduction offers context on the inequitable origins of Rhode Island's public school system, as well as the role that activism has played in expanding educational opportunities. The At a Glance section provides a quick look at…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Public Education, Equal Education
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Alex Molnar Ed. – National Education Policy Center, 2019
As proponents continue to make the case that virtual education can expand student choices and improve the efficiency of public education, full-time virtual schools have attracted a great deal of attention. Advocates contend that this potential for individualization allows virtual schools to promote greater student achievement than can be realized…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Efficiency, Distance Education, Academic Achievement
Medler, Alex – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2016
With the federal government increasingly ceding authority to states in a revamped Every Student Succeeds Act, many states are looking for new ways to positively influence local work and take on greater leadership. States can--and should--play a more active role in fostering collaboration efforts if they are serious about ensuring quality public…
Descriptors: State Government, Government Role, Partnerships in Education, School Districts
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Chapman, Christopher; Salokangas, Maija – School Leadership & Management, 2012
Educational systems around the world are experimenting with new forms of schooling. One example is the emergence of independent state-funded schools (ISFSs). In the USA these have taken the form of Charter Schools. In Sweden chains of Free Schools have been established and in England Academies and most recently Free Schools have been placed at the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Neoliberalism
National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 2016
Since 2008, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) has annually surveyed our nation's authorizers. Survey findings provide an annual measuring stick for those in the field of authorizing, and they help education decision makers, foundations, legislators, and researchers inform their understanding of the field of charter…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Accountability, National Surveys, School Surveys
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Oberfield, Zachary W. – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Public charter schools (PCS) are thought to succeed because they have greater autonomy and are held more accountable than traditional public schools (TPS). Though teachers are central to this expectation, there is little evidence about whether teachers in PCS enjoy more autonomy and are held more accountable than teachers in TPS. Also, it is…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Accountability, Public Schools, Charter Schools
Ziebarth, Todd; Palmer, Louann Bierlein; O'Neill, Paul – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2016
In this revised version of the National Alliance's model charter school law, the policies outlined would increase the focus of state-level charter school laws on creating high-quality charter schools while holding underperforming schools and authorizers accountable. This report draws on best practices in state policy that have led to the growth of…
Descriptors: School Law, Charter Schools, State Policy, Educational Policy
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Waters, Lisa Hasler; Barbour, Michael K.; Menchaca, Michael P. – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
Online charter schools are unique among K-12 online learning options for students. They are full-time, public schools that combine online learning with traditional and home schooling practices. They are often chartered by a state agency, supported in full or in part with state funds and most often managed by a private educational management…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Virtual Classrooms, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Reviews
National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 2015
Charter school authorizing is a powerful strategy for making excellent public schools and educational opportunities available to all students. Done well, charter authorizing increases student achievement by expanding the supply of quality public schools to satisfy unmet needs--particularly by providing life-changing opportunities for students…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Standards, Institutional Autonomy, Quality Control
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Shin, Hyo Jeong; Fuller, Bruce; Dauter, Luke – Journal of School Choice, 2017
Disparate findings on whether students attending charter schools outperform peers in traditional public schools (TPS) may stem from mixing differing types of charters or inadequately accounting for pupil background. To gauge prior family selection and heterogeneous effects, we distinguish between conversion and start-up charter schools, along with…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Traditional Schools, Public Schools, Institutional Characteristics
Smith, Nelson – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2015
In "Redefining the School District in America," Nelson Smith reexamines existing recovery school districts (RSDs)--entities in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Michigan charged with running and turning around their state's worst schools--and assembles the most comprehensive catalog of similar initiatives underway and under consideration…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, School Turnaround
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Blitz, Mark H. – Journal of School Choice, 2011
Charter school research has examined the relationship between charter school mission and issues of school accountability. However, there is a lack of research focusing on how charter school leaders frame and solve problems regarding multiple accountability demands. Given this gap, I investigate the question: How do charter school leaders…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Accountability, Instructional Leadership, Problem Solving
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Rogers, John; Lubienski, Chris; Scott, Janelle; Welner, Kevin G. – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: Purpose: This analysis considers the emergence, evidentiary basis, and potential of parent trigger policies. In particular, we focus on the policy, political and social circumstances in which parent trigger legislation emerged in California, the efficacy of the school improvement levers on which it draws, and the underlying assumptions…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Educational Change, Politics of Education, State Legislation
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